Overview
With over 400 glorious, full-color images, this stunning volume showcases the Hubble Space Telescope’s most spectacular—and most recent—discoveries such as Pluto in unprecedented detail, the beautiful Butterfly Nebula, Omega Centauri, Stephan’s Quintet, and the mysteries of dark matter. Giles Sparrow’s expert text describes Hubble’s fascinating story and how it has become one of the most successful scientific projects of all time; charting its origins and troubled launch in 1990, the emergency repair of its defective mirror, the impact of four subsequent servicing missions, and finally, what the future holds for one of the most amazing instruments ever created.From our nearest interplanetary neighbors to the very edge of the Universe and the dawn of time, the Hubble Space Telescope’s observations have helped us to answer questions about the age of the Universe, how planets form, and the nature of the supermassive black holes that dwell at the center of galaxies. The pages of this book celebrate Hubble’s astonishing contribution to science over the last twenty years, and the spectacular views of the cosmos that have transformed the way we see the Universe and our place within it.
Synopsis
Some measure of how our knowledge of the universe has expanded can be grasped by comparing the first grainy photographs that Daguerre took of mundane street scenes in the early 19th century and the breathtaking images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, our eyes in the skies for the past twenty years. These dazzling photos of colliding and interacting galaxies and the spiraling Perseus dwarf project the astonishing scientific and technological advancements of the Space Age. Giles Sparrow's large format Hubble pictorial stuns you with its 200 pictures of distant celestial bodies, but it grounds you with its precise, accessible text. Easy to recommend.
Editorials
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Some measure of how our knowledge of the universe has expanded can be grasped by comparing the first grainy photographs that Daguerre took of mundane street scenes in the early 19th century and the breathtaking images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, our eyes in the skies for the past twenty years. These dazzling photos of colliding and interacting galaxies and the spiraling Perseus dwarf project the astonishing scientific and technological advancements of the Space Age. Giles Sparrow's large format Hubble pictorial stuns you with its 200 pictures of distant celestial bodies, but it grounds you with its precise, accessible text. Easy to recommend.